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When breath becomes air / Paul Kalanithi ; foreword by Abraham Verghese.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Vintage, 2017.Description: xix, 228 pages ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9781784701994 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 920 KAL 23
LOC classification:
  • RD592.9
Summary: You are a young neurosurgeon. You have completed 11 years of training. You are devoted to your work and on the brink of a wonderful career. Then you are diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. 'When Breath Becomes Air' is an unforgettable reflection on the practice of medicine and the relationship between doctor and patient, from a gifted writer who became both.
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General The Harden Library, King's Hospital Biography 920 KAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available R15212J0499

Originally published: London: The Bodley Head, 2016.

You are a young neurosurgeon. You have completed 11 years of training. You are devoted to your work and on the brink of a wonderful career. Then you are diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. 'When Breath Becomes Air' is an unforgettable reflection on the practice of medicine and the relationship between doctor and patient, from a gifted writer who became both.

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